Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. Every new version of Microsoft PowerPoint allowed instructors to embed more and more media and wow students with visually appealing graphics. Provide opportunities for students to reflect.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

So she whipped up a few online forms, messaged colleagues on Twitter and together they created the Instructional Design Emergency Response Network. It’s a simple system that matches instructors who need help teaching online with instructional designers willing to assist. Technology is going to fail." What do you think?

Teaching 189

Teaching Instructors Course Design Language 189

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

What do you think is important for an instructor to do when using classroom response systems (polling software or clickers)? Studies have suggested that these tools, which allow students to respond in real time to questions provided by an instructor, can improve student learning. Like many education tools, it depends.

Instructors 142

Instructors Multiple Choice Questions Course Design Discussions 142

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. These articles range from course content and pedagogy, to fostering an inclusive learning environment, and even extracurricular activities.

Fairness 165

Fairness Education Students Disabilities 165

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

Instructors 116

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The report urges schools away from all-in-one service bundles that outsource design, construction, and sometimes even teaching of online courses, and especially from contractors who promise hugely increased revenue. We also need innovation and creativity.

Online Learning 189

Online Learning Faculty Development Learning Instructors 189

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

With its university partners, which are Trilogy’s primary source of revenue, the company designs certificate programs from the bottom up, from developing curriculum to hiring instructors and also recruiting students. Most students wouldn’t know Trilogy had anything to do with their course design, however.

Skills 138

Skills Instructors Coaching Education 138

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The emerging field of Learner Experience Design or LX design is about balancing the need for quality course design with the central role of human interaction in online learning. It’s a collaborative process that engages faculty in the design and improvement of online courses.

Blended Courses 165

Blended Courses Instructors Evaluation Participation 165

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Connecting with students shifts the obligation from the instructor working singularly to create an inclusive environment to one where the class works collectively to build the community. Instructors lead by example, sharing information about themselves, their backgrounds, and their interests, and encourage students to do the same.

Instructors 105

Instructors Students Minute Papers Course Design 105

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. These default features force online instructors to use a style of teaching that feels more like shouting to the masses than engaging in meaningful conversations.

Online Learning 158

Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 158

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Lightboard technology was invented by Michael Peshkin (Rogers and Botnaru, 2019). A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Lightboards require minimal instructor training.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2017

The old arrangement strongly suggested—and really only supported—interactions between student and instructor or student and computer. Technology in the room supports a video display for each team and the capability to to share a display to any one or all seven projectors in the room. Markers, markers, markers, eraser.

Active Learning 145

Active Learning Activities Learning Instructors 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

She recalled one instructor who told her that 11 students in her class of 35 turned in the exact same assignment using materials from Course Hero, a website where students can share and access course study materials. Educators who have time can also search for a student’s response online if it looks suspicious.

Academic Integrity 148

Academic Integrity Exams Assignments Instructors 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

Yet, while technology exists in the world of higher education, it’s not clear that technology is actually making courses smarter. And in our rush to move courses online, we’re all too often putting innovation ahead of pedagogy. A few trees were saved, but courses weren’t any smarter. Designed Adaptivity.

Multiple Choice Questions 129

Multiple Choice Questions Instructors Textbooks Feedback 129

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. Presumably higher education is voluntary.

Students 200

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 200

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines.

Syllabus 122

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 122

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Both manufacturers and educators are leveraging the benefits of 3D printers in education. 3D modeling and printers can bring almost any educational concept to life, while building practical skills such as problem-solving, creative coding and design. 3D Printing Engages Students. by Erika Gimbel.

STEM 167

STEM Learning Math Learning Styles 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

“But bringing it into an online setting adds that extra layer of technology challenge and collaboration-skill challenge.” Instructors should make sure students have the opportunity to build their own learning experiences, Parra argues.

Culture 151

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 151

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

Relate” videos get the student to feel connected to the instructor. They seek to establish instructor presence. They also prompt students to reflect on their own prior experiences with the topic and reasons for taking the course. These four actions represent a synthesis of the research on instructional media.

Instructors 146

Instructors Education Lecturing Knowledge 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. What elements of the course structure and content were particularly effective in facilitating your learning about AI? The instructor was really supportive.

Teachers 206

Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 206

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Someone who wants to live out my values in practice There is a key difference between an educator saying they want to meet the needs of diverse learners and that instructor actually taking the actions that would meet that goal. Moore have organized the self-assessment tool into three sections: The context and design of your course.

Syllabus 153

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 153

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Effective use of learning management systems is widely explored in terms of online and blended learning; however, there is minimal information regarding learning management systems and face-to-face courses, unless it’s about transitioning from in-person to emergency remote learning. Journal of Educational Technology Systems 48, no.

Syllabus 126

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

So we did a follow-up study, interviewing both online instructors and the students enrolled in online courses to understand why students are withdrawing from online courses in a massive way, and why students struggle in terms of their performance. Students complain that they don't always see their instructors.

Instructors 131

Instructors Distance Learning Students Online Learning 131

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. Many faculty don’t include due dates, which can lead to missed deadlines.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Instructors Assignments Faculty Development 105

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

What are some of the accessibility needs college students have that instructors, researchers and course designers should be thinking about when moving courses online? And are there any common ones that pop up in many classrooms or that instructors maybe encounter more often?

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

With prepwork, course design, scheduling and filming, “you’re talking about six months to a year” to produce a course, says Rogier. Hollywood Reporter reported in 2017 that instructors get around $100,000 upfront and get a 30 percent cut of the revenue. Getting them to lend their time is no small undertaking.

Learning 153

Learning Writing Course Design Instructors 153

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film about him. He engineers every aspect of his courses, down to which students he’ll shoot the breeze with before class. Source: Course Hero. Source: Course Hero.

Quizzes 167

Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. How long should they last? References Bouchrika, I.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

And he believes that both K-12 and higher-ed instructors can make that happen. Heath, who has co-written books including “Made to Stick” and “The Power of Moments,”delivered a keynote Thursday at the 2018 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education in San Francisco. Or they still are able to do __.

Instructors 102

Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 102

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Effective use of learning management systems is widely explored in terms of online and blended learning; however, there is minimal information regarding learning management systems and face-to-face courses, unless it’s about transitioning from in-person to emergency remote learning. Journal of Educational Technology Systems 48, no.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

But the two faculty unions, the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the EMU Federation of Teachers, which represents adjuncts, say that the company is involved in many aspects of course design and could bring in outside online coaches for students without faculty oversight.

Teaching Assistants 118

Teaching Assistants Instructors Coaching Counselling 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

Instructors are equally susceptible to the deeply counterintuitive nature of learning. This requires aiming to be much more than the "Netflix of Education." Jay Lynch is Senior Academic Research Consultant for Course Design, Development, and Academic Research (CDDAR) at Pearson. And I don't mean to pick only on learners.

Education 158

Education Evaluation Failure Essay 158

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

“When we compared the overall costs of online courses with average costs at four of the institutions in the study, we found that the savings for online courses ranged from $12 to $66 per credit hour, a difference of from 3 percent to 50 percent of the average credit hour costs,” the report says.

Study 122

Study Culture Course Design Instructors 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. “I asked: ‘Why would we give it away instead of getting them to enroll?’” he remembers.

Textbooks 163

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 163

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. Faculty developers and instructors can use this framework to harness AI’s potential, ensuring it supports rather than supplants their pedagogical roles.

Faculty Development 82

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 82